Today is setsubun (節分) when is the division point of winter and spring, therefore it is the end of winter.
There are four setsubun in a year. But there is a special ritual on the day before the start of spring, risshun (立春).
We throw roast soy beans saying "Demons out and fortunes in."
We eat roasted soy beans as the same number of our age.
This year I tried the new good luck charm, that is eat 8 beans, drink something hot, eat 8 beans, drink again, regulate breathing, and eat 2 beans.
After work I went to a gas station to fill up the car and grocery shopping. I bought special sweets for today.